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Pubwill close if vandalism continuesBy Sandy Clayton
Pub Manager Dwight Robbins has been
warned by the Administration, the Liquor
Control Board, and the Metropolitan Police
Department that if any more illegal
incidents occur on pub nights, the pubs
could be closed permanently.
The SU and the Administration have
posted a $1,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of anyperson involved in the recent pulling of
false fire-alarms.
"If anyone has information concerning
these crimes, please contact the SUoffice or V,
the President's office," urged Mr. Robbins.
The pub lost a total of $1,540 because the
school was closed twice when false
fire-alarms were triggered by vandals. The
early school closings last Thursday and
Friday also cost the pub money.
The' SUpaid the group "Truth" $450 even
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though they didn't play because fire-alarm j
pulled in the school forced the closing of the
pub. Mr. Robbins said: "We paid Roger
Ellis $25 for inconvenience when he couldn't
play on the same night. Wealso gave Mr.
Ellis a date to reappear at the pub with
"The Good Brothers".
The band "George Oliver" was contracted
by the SU to play at the Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday pubs for $1,200. However, on,
Tuesday, the fire-alarm incident reoccur-
red. On Thursday, the pub was closed along
with the school because of the snowstorm.
The school was also closed early onFriday and Pub Manager Mr. Robbinsclosed the pub at 10:00 as a safety factor to
ensure that students and pub staff could get
home.
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cars were abandoned when students and staff sought an alternate method of getting home.
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given tostranded
By Sandy Clayton
Two hundred students were left strandedat Humber College because of the heavysnowfall last Thursday.
Humber College closed the school at 3:30p.m. because of a heavy snowstorm whichhit the city dropping almost six inches ofsnow.
However, many students could not gethome because their cars had stalled or thebus service was halted. The students andmembers of the staff, among themPresident Gordon Wragg, stayed overnightat the college.
The nurses office, the quiet room, K217,
lounges and the steak house were used as
temporary residence. Volunteers re-opened
the cafeteria so the people could eat before
finding a place to sleep. "If the students had
no money they used college telephones andwere given free food," said Security staff
member Barbara PoUey.
Security staff, the Chief engineer,
custodial staff and one person from financial
services helped organize the emergencyfacilities. "We were one big happy family.
Everyone was extremely co-operative.
There were no problems at all," said Ms.Policy.
Outside the college, the weather played
havoc with transportation on Metro roads.
Security was informed by TTC officials that
the Wilson bus had stopped running at 5:30.
However, service was resumed when the
winds stopped at approximately 7:30 p.m.
The roads and parking areas of the college
were jammed with stalled cars. "Thegroundmen tried to clear cars from the
college roads at the expense of the college.
But we couldn't get two trucks to do the
towing," Ms. Polley said.
The telephone never stopped ringing.
"People were concerned about their
children, husbands, and wives who were
stuck out here," Ms. Polley continued.
late!
Due to the blizzard that hit the
metro region and surrounding
areas. Coven was forced to cancel
its Tuesday morning edition and
postpone it 'til this Thursday. Weare sorry for any inconvenience this
has caused for the students and
staff.
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Hiunber will contribute
to woman^s news.By Keith Williams
Women's Lib has scored another victory
in their fight for equal jobs, with the
formation of a Feminist News Service.
The agency will be named the Feminist
News Service and will "establish a vehicle
for the exchange of women's issues to
women across Canada", its group of womenfounders said.
Spokesman Susan Power said the agency
is needed to balance a bias by traditional
news services against women's groups and
women's news. "There is a need amongwomen in Canada to have their own media,
their own communications services," she
said.
Plans for the news agency call for 10
regional representatives across Canada to
feed information to a head office in
Waterloo where it will be distributed to
various women's groups and organizations,
and established newspapers through
periodic news packages.
number's Centre for Womenis planning
to contribute to a new national women's
news agency although the Centre may not
be able to afford the fee for the service.
"The past fee proposals for this service
have been higher than we can afford," said
Donna Lee. "We are hoping to contribute to
it on a regular basis, informing our regional
representative of our special conferences."
Roomfor womenin radio careers
Hinchdlffe and Nyimt
this yearns 010 eggs, ByBethGeall
Marianne Hinchcliffe, Food Services
Division, and June Nyran, secretary in the
Retraining and Apprenticeship Division,
are the recipients of this year's Good EggAward.
The Good Egg A.ward is presented
annually to a Humber staff member whodisplays a spirit of cooperation and goodnature, while doing their job at a high level
of excellence.
"Our concern," said President Gordon
Wragg, "IS that we have a lot of first-class
people who are not visible and do their job
in a first-class way. Just because we cannotsingle out people, doesn't mean we shouldnot recognize anyone."
Nominations are called for from the staff
in December and the award is presented in
the early part of the next year.
The first recipient of the award was JackKendall, a senior maintenance man, whowon it last y,ear.
The award was designed and made by
Hero Kielman of the Creative Arts division.
By Paul Mac Vicar
Forty students have been accepted into
the Radio Broadcasting Program, for
1975-76. Seven of them are girls.
"We are a little low in femaleparticipation," says Phil Stone, co-ordina-
tor. "Most girls aren't aware of the manydepartments into which they could fit.
Everyone in radio isn't a disc-jockey. Thereare producers, copy-writers, music librar-
ians, sales representatives, announcers,
engineers, recording technicians, and other
indispensible personnel who work together
to produce the day's output of programs."Evelyn Macko, a former Humber
graduate, made it with radio station CKTBin St. Catharines. She started last summerand has been broadcasting prime-time newssince then. Another girl student went to
Global Television as a researcher iind
wound up in a Barrie station. Joy Colangelo,
another student, is working in a Chathamstation as a copy-writer.
"The reason for the lack of demand for
women disc-jockeys," explains Phil, is
because women are adverse to listening to
other women for audio entertainment."
When Phil was working for CHUM, his
station conducted a survey to determine if
women liked listening to their sex. Ninety
per cent said no.
Phil remembers one lady as saying: "All
day long after my husband leaves the
house, I'm involved with women. I talk onthe phone to my mother, to mymother-in-law, and to my sisters. The only
people I can talk to on my street are
women, becaiise their husbands have goneto work. A male on the air keeps mecompany."
The Radio Broadcasting Program beganin 1972, since that time job placement has
achieved 100 per cent employment.Students have been placed in stations
coast-to-coast, from Prince George, British
Columbia to St. John, New Brunswick.
"Discipline, maturity, organization, andtalent is what this course requires," says
Phil. "These qualities apply to women aswell as men. If the desire is there, the jobs
will be the'-e also.
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Car For Sale
1964 Valiant. Body in good shape,
slant six motor, snow tires, good
regular tires. 20 miles to the gallon.
Cost: $150.00. Phone Stan 690-6820
or the radio stations at Humber#426 or #449.
HiU BiUy Dance, April 16, 8:00 -
12:30 p.m. Starring "Norfolk" fromthe riverboat Kickapoo joy juice ontop. $2.50 buys all the joy you canguzzle. Osier Campus.
Bake sale April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m. ExceDent food by loving
hands. Osier Campus.For Canadian Arthritic Rheumatism
Society.
Bus Transportation
Effective the 9th of April, 1975,
there will be a 12:45 p.m. express
bus to the subway until further
notice.
Coven, Thursday, AprU 10, 1975, Page 3
Student art to be soldin McGuire Gallery
By Ian Turnbull
and
Malcolm Vanarkadie
A proposal to sell student art in the
McGuire Art Gallery on a regular basis
was recently suggested to Gordon Wraggby the Communication Arts Department.
According to Mr. Wragg, the cost of
running and supervising the new programis being looked into by the administration.
Hero Kielman, co-curator of the gallery
along with Mrs. MoUie McMurrich, says
that to sell student work full-time wouldpose "major production problems". Mr.Kielman stated that first year students
could not be expected to produce salable
art, because of inexperience and the
diversity of the courses. Also, graduate
students feel reluctant to loan their art to
the college after they have left.
Besides the apparent lack of salable
materials, other problems confronting the
proposal are; the lack of storage and display
space, as well as, effective security. Mr.
Kielman complained that pieces have
"disappeared" during past shows.
The supervision duties for student sales
are shared by both the instructors and
students, with the students being paid the
For Sale
1973 MGMiget, 16,000 miles. Rust
proofing, radial tires, radio, great
gas mileage. Best offer. Phone
247-9720.
Got something you want to sell or buy?
Lost something? Found something? Try
the classifieds. Bring your ad to L103.
Hero Kielman, co-curator of gallerycomments on student art.
keeps you informed!
Our newscasters keep you up-to-date on world,
national, local and Humber news .....
Our sportscasters provide timely report on major
professional sports as well as those taking place at
Humber ' -
Our disc jockeys advise you on music trends, give
frequent time and weather checks, and always offer
news of events taking place within Humber College.
linformation and Entertainment" Thafs the sound of CHBR,
Humber Colllege's own radion station.
Listen to it every day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday thru Friday
in The Humburger and the Student Lounge!
basic minimum wage for their time.
Operational costs for students shows are
covered by a 10 per cent commission chargeon works sold, which according to Mr.
Kielman barely covers the expenses.
In the case of the past photography sale,
the money received was communallydivided up amongst all participating artists.
Gallery time is now divided betweenstudent creations and outside exhibits,
most of which come from the Art Gallery qf
Ontario.
Although these shows must be insured
and require additional security, Mr.Kielman feels they are necessary in order to
give the Fine Arts students a standard with
which to compare their work and to givr
other students an opportunity to seeoutside exhibits.
The curators would like to have showswhich relate directly to the students.
According to Mr. Kielman, the gallery is
a good promotion for the Fine Arts coursesin the college, because it allows prospective
students to view actual student output fromthe programs.
The gallery now houses a student-teacherdisplay appropriately called Cause andEffect. The display which will last until the28 of April, will feature paintings,furniture, ceramics, photographs, metal art
work and prints, many of which will be for
sale.
Law enforcement students:
Field woik a decidingeffect on grades goals
ByGayPeppin -
First year Law Enforcement students
who returned after a week's placement with
Peel Regional Police said the experience
had a deciding effect on their career goals.
Half the first year class which was chosen
to go to Peel, returned after the week of
March 16 with widely varying experiences
while working in the field. The second half
of the class will have its opportunity for
practical experience the first week of April.
First year student, Victoria Nichols, andthe officer to whom she had been assigned
were called to the scene of a possible
electrocution, a suicide or murder and to
the home of a heart attack victim. In
addition there were calls to car accidents
and from an individual receiving harassing
phone calls.
"You miss a lot in coming back. I knewexactly what was going on (during
placement) in my community," said Ms.Nichols.
' She was so enthusiastic about herplacement that she and a friend rusheddown to apply for the exam to get into Peel
Regional Police.
"For four years I've wanted to be a police
officer. Those five days really proved it."
She said her personal philosophy was:
"One more person for society is one less
person against it."
Steve Ferris, another student, and his
officer gave chase and pulled over a drunkdriver.
David Farquharson while patrolling with
an officer received a radio call to begin the
initial investigations of a rape.
Police chase
Another student described his exper-
ience in giving chase on foot after one of twoyouths, whose car he and the officer hadpulled over to search.
Kim Williams said the thing she had to
get used to was people staring. "You'reconstantly being watched," she said.
"People are funny. They'll back up in
intersections, slam on the brakes and slowdown to below the speed limit when theysee the yellow car."
During her placement, she and the
constable were called to break andenterings, returned a basketball net to a
school from which it had been stolen, a hit
and run accident where a car hit a truck andtook off, looked for red validation stickers
and charged three people for not having
them on and spent a great deal of the time
in the courts.
The second constable to whom she wasassigned didn't believe women should be in
the police force. He didn't feel they should
be paid an equal salary for what they did.
She said that while on patrol duty people
came up to her and asked if she was a police
lady or policewoman.
"My opinion of the police has certainly
changed. They are just people like you and(. If you are nice to them, they'll be nice to
you.
"They are in the public relations field.
You've got to get them out talking to peopleand they are good at that," said MissWilliams.
Kim wants to enter the RCMP. She likes
the idea of travelling and being with theRCMPshe will have the opportunity to goacross Canada.
Ron Dziedzic was the only student fromHumber to go to Halton Regional Police for
placement. He is in the other first year class
that was chosen to go to Detroit in
February and view its police department,jails and courts.
He decided instead, though, to apply to
Halton. He found his three days there
worthwhile and exciting.
Duty calls!
While in the cruiser the constable andhimself were called to a traffic accident in
which a mother and her 18-month -old babywere pinned against a car; were involved in
a high speed chase at 105 miles per hour ona windy stretch of road; picked up juveniles
for stealing a car; and were called in to
settle domestic disputes.
Mr. Dziedzic said of the placement, "It's
essential if you are to know what goes on.
Actually it decides whether you are goingto go into the police force."
Correctional services and security are the
alternatives for students taking the course.
"I didn't want to come back. I learned a
lot more when I was out there."
Ron felt that the field practise supplied
the "how" and the course supplies the
"why"."I think you need the history and the
theory and that's what this course is giving
you."
A second year student who has been on
field placements three times said that a lot
of the police work required is dull, tedious
and routine type duties. Patrolling involves
approximately 125 miles per night.
He said that you are constantly waiting
for something to happen. The idea hepointed out was to serve and protect. Thepolice, by just being around, prevent crime
by making people think twice about doing
something.
Life long education
Co-ordinator Barrie Saxon said, "Thephilosophy of the course is a lifelong
education to deal with problems, to open
eyes and minds and make them inquisitive;
not rigid or suffering from tunnel vision."
"Our students have a balanced perspec-
tive on anti-social behavior and criminal
behavior," said Mr. Saxon.
He also attributes the highly successful
nature of the course to the attitude of the
students and the precedent Humberstudents have established on previous
placements.
The fact that police work is of growing
interest to women is evidenced by the
increasing percentage of womennow taking
the course.
"Women should be 100 per cent
integrated into the police force. They can
do everything police officers are doing
now," said instructor Bill Anderson.
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Vol. 4 No. 25
ThursdayApril 10, 1975
NUMBERCOLLEGEOF APPLIED ARTS ANDTECHNOLOGY
Coven is an independent student newspaper published weekly by the Journalism
Department, Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Rexdale. Ont.
Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Established 1971, circulation 3,500
Publisher, J.I. Smith, coordinator Journalism Program
Editor-in-Chief ^Nancy Grice
Managing Editor Yvonne Brough
Features Steve Lloyd
Sports ,^r^""?*y
Photo Assignments John Mather
Staff Advisor ,. Peter Churchill
Advertisin g Bi" Seguin, 676-1200, Ext. 519
SU elections
Experience countsNominations for thfe year's Student Union elections are now officially closed. On
Tuesday, Aprii 15 you will vote for a new president and vice-president. All other positions
are either appointed or have been won by acclamation.
Four students have chosen to run for the office of president, and of these four, two --
Peter Queen and Ted Schmidt are current member's of SU Council; one - Richard Zwirek
has yet to offer a campaign platform; and another - Steve O'Brien is a new face to the
student union electorate. Queen, O'Brien and Schmidt are students from the same division
- Creative Arts and Human Studies.
Queen, a willing candidate, has had problems with SU Council. He was censured and
refused speaking power on an issue which involved the breaking of a contract with the
Good Brothers, a group which was scheduled to play at the College, but didn't.
O'Brien is a newcomer to the world of SU politics and, unfortunately, has not had any
council experience. - '
Zwirek, another new face, has, for reasons unknown, not yet offered to students any
campaign platform.
COVENfeels that Humber's SU President should know and understand the operations
of Student Union government, and should get down to the business of being president.
COVENsupports Schmidt as the candidate most qualified for this office.
COVENalso supports the need for a strong, capable vice-president, who can back-up the
president's office. While both vice-president candidates Carol Flynn and Marlon Silver
show political enthusiasm, Silver has the edge because of past experience on council.
Your Student Union is only as strong as the support it receives from student members.
BREWSTELfl.
Bulletin Board placeto find summer jobs
Vote Tuesday.
Part-time teachers left
out in the cold
By Helen WongIf you have finished your course and are
still hunting for a full-time job, go to the
Student Services at Room K115.There are job positions posted outside
the room on a bulletin board. Look for the
company you are interested in working for
and sign your name."We then schedule them normally in a
half-hour period and arrange for the
company to come and speak to the
students," said Mr. John Hart, the newdirector of Career Plannint^ and Placement.
At present the jobs in large demand bycompanies are in Secretarial Science,
whereas the students in Technologyprograms don't have much chance becauseof the economic crisis, Mr. Hart added.
The percentage of Humber stucients
hired by the companies is quite high,
according to Mr. Hart.
Also summer job opportunities are
posted and applications can be mailed to
Manpower. But there will be no on-campusinterview.
By John Leinster
Many part-time instructors at Humberare shocked at the way they have been left
out in the cold. Judge Estey's report on therecently released arbitration decisionstates: "The effect of these changes is
simply to articulate more fully the academicbargaining unit... by expressly excludingpersonnel engaged on a part-time orsessional basis."
This means that there is no guarantee
that any part-time staff will receive any of
the recently achieved arbitration benefits.
Each instructor stands alone against the
college with only their contracts.
The C.S.A.O. Academic Unit represents
only the staff members at the present time.
It feels now that all the instructors,
full-time and part-tiriie should be united in
order to achieve equality in teaching.
Graduation pics cheapBy Brian Wheatley
The Student Union has made arrange-ments with IMC to provide graduationportraits on a cost basis. This will be aservice to graduating: Humber students andneither the Union or IMC will profit.
The portrait service will be offereH f'^
»hj A Bill Passed last week
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graduates in May, September and Decem-
ber of each year. Sittings will be arranged
while the prospective graduates are still
attending the College.
The pictures will be in full color and three
proofs will be presented for the student's
selection. A deposit fee of $5 will allow the
student to keep the proofs whether an
order is placed or not.
The deposit fee covers the cost of the
proofs and the sitting and should the
student cancel the appointment 24 hours
before the scheduled time, the fee is
rpfiinHeH.
French awardprogram
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By Larry Sleep
Si vous connaissez assez bien ia langue
francais, vous pouvez continuer votre
education en francais.
The Federal Government has established
a fellowship program and will award $1,000
to each of 300 successful applicants whowish to continue their education in french.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Colleges
and Universities in Ontario, which is
administering the program, said manyapplications are expected between now and
the July 15 closing date.
According to the spokesman all appli-
cants must have a good understanding of
the french language to be eligible for the
program.
An additional $1,000 will be awarded to
those eligible if their permanent residence
is more than 35 miles from the institution
which offers the course in french.
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Humber Lakeshore\
Coven, Thursday, April 10, 1975, Page 5
Newroles for students, teachers^' by Bruce Gates
Humber College's Queensway campuses,
known for their RANDA(Retraining and
Apprenticeship) programs, will now be
referred^o as Humber Lakeshore.
The name change went into effect on
April 1 with September set for the opening
of the new campus on the site of the former
Lakeshore Teachers' College,
In September, a business and a
technology division like those at the north
campus will be introduced, and the first
year of Electrical Control Technology will
be transferred there. After two years, that
whole course will be taught at HumberLakeshore.
"We don't want to see students
inconvenienced by having to jump from
"Despite the excellent salaries offered, it
is a great chore for industries to find
enough capable people in this area," Mr.
Norton said.
In all, there are about 40 courses offered
at Humber Lakeshore ranging from
drafting and plumbing to electricity. Most
of these programs are open ended.
"The programs here are self-paced," Mr.
Norton explained. "The student doesn't
have to start in September, and there aren't
any structured periods.
"We have students starting here every
Monday morning. The student can start at
any time convenient for him, and it isn't
necessary for him to take any specific
length of time to complete a course. It all
depends on his abilities. Potentially he
could work 12 hours a day."
Bill Hamei, is a student at Humber Lakeshore. He is studying camera repair. Here he is
fixing part «l a (amera. [Coven photo by Bruce Gates]
campus to campus," said Tom Norton,
principal of Lakeshore, "but after the
people now starting have completed the
course, the whole thing will be transferred
here."
Humber Lakeshore offers courses such as
camera repair and industrial instrumenttechnician programs.
"There's a great demand for these
people," Mr. 5lorton said. "The real
advantage to students is the tremendousamount of equipment down here."
One course, electronics, will be taughtexclusively at the north campus next year.
Lakeshore is moving all of its electronics
equipment up there. Humber's NorthCampus will then teach chemical andelectronics programs while Humber Lake-
shore will specialize in electricity andmechanical programs.
"It's silly to duplicate costs of equipment
for both campuses," Mr. Norton explained.
At the present time, Lakeshore doesn't
offer any applied arts programs except for
jewellery design, which will start there
next year.
Humber Lakeshore also trains students
for the high speed packaging industry. This
involves handling machines that package
items like cornflakes and liquor. ^ _
Humber Lakeshore is open from 8:00 a.m.
to 10:00 p.m. and also on Saturdays.
The teachers at Humber Lakeshore
occupy a different role than their
counterparts at other colleges.
"They act as problem solvers," said Mr.
Norton. "The student comes in and works at
his own rate. Whenever he runs into a
roadblock, the teacher is there to help him.
It's not so much what we teach but how weteach it."
Many students are finding this methodbetter for them since they can spend time in
the areas that give them the most trouble
and quickly go through the areas that they
find easy.
"We are trying to move away from
students serving time in school. This
system is set up for the students to learn at
their own rate," Mr. Norton explained. "It's
the only system set up like this in Canada."
The result has been a 45 per cent increase
in part time students. "We are trying to set
up the learning environment so that
students can work schooling around jobs,"
said Mr. Norton.
One great advantage of this format is the
flexibility of programs. A student can
change classes at any time to suit his ownneeds.
"Another advantage with this system is
that we can change a course to fit the
requirements of industry," Mr. Norton said.
"We continuously kee^a a watch on the labor
market so we can keep the course up to
date."
Most of the students who graduate from
these courses get jobs "since they are
coming out in one's and two's. Therefore,
industries can absorb them faster than if
everyone graduated together."
That is another advantage for the student
since he can alter his course timetable to
coincide with job availability. "If an
employer needed someone in March he
could probably get one. The other way, he
would have to wait until spring, and by then
the job opening might have disappeared."
"We created the system in this way for a
number of reasons," Mr. Norton explained.
"First of all, Metro Toronto has five really
good colleges in two and three year
education. But Metro needs a campus that
is different so that people who have a
difficult time assessing the standard mode
of education will- have a better op-
portunity."
Lakeshore
The entire process is different from other
campuses. The only similarity is that it will
do the same job. As yet the method hasn't
been tried at the diploma level. In the fall,
Humber Lakeshore plans to introduce it at
that level.
"All new courses will be self-paced," Mr.
Norton said. "It's never been done before in
Ontario, and it is an exciting prospect for
us. Wewill be providing courses from zero
education to two or three year diploma
programs. Essentially we will teach from
public school to college."
Once again these courses will be set up to
meet the needs of the student. There are
some problems in this area as Mr. Norton
pointed out: "Ultimately every course must
be made available in four, five or six
different modes of learning, but we are
closer in this respect than any other college
in Southern Ontario - to give people the
choice in not only what they want to learn,
but in the way they want to learn It."
As to the workability of this system, Mr.
Norton said with assurance: "We already
know the system works. It's been ongoing
for the past three years. Ten to fifteen
thousand people have already been through
this type of program, and most of the
problems have been ironed out."
In fact many courses had to be closed to
applicants because there was no more room
for them - at least until October.
offers apples.
Don^t eat them in class"If you think colleges aren't changing,
come and see us." That's the slogan adopted
by the new Humber Lakeshore campus
opening in September in the former
Lakeshore Teachers' College building. Five
hundred students are expected to enroll at
this campus.
The building that now exists on the site
has.25,000 square feet of classroom space, a
library, an auditorium and a gymnasium,and it is situated in a park-like setting.
"It's a good environment for students.
We even have apple orchards," said TomNorton, principal of Humber Lakeshore.
Mr. Norton said that he'd like to seestudents look at the college and its site
because "it is going to be different fromhow most people visualize a college."
The teachers' college site was studied at
length over the past few years. A number of
surveys were taken to determine what typeof person would be expected to use it and
where it should be located.
"We've had our eyes on that land for four
or five years," Mr. Norton said. "It hastaken time to phase out the teachers'
college and to acquire some of the adjoining
land." The land adjacent to the college is
owned by the Ontario government and is
also the site of the Lakeshore Psychiatric
Hospital. «
Tom Norton, Principal of the LakeshoreCampus.
Mr. Norton sees some great possibilities
for the site. "Since we will be close to the
lake, it will be a good opportunity to
develop some aquatic activities. The land
also provides the opportunity to create a
natural ampitheatre. We are also in the
middle of a residential area, and this will
provide some potential student residences
close to the campus."Some new buildings are also planned for
the site. The architects - Moffatt, Moffatt
and Kinoshita - "have really worked hardwith our staff to try and translate our ideas
into buildings that will work for us," said
Mr. Norton. "It's going to be hard to slide acollege into a park without causing toomuch disruption."
Humber Lakeshore will embark on a
15-year building program. A new addition
will be made every year until the campus is
finished.
It will be one large campus but "we will
try to organize it in a way that it is a series
of small campuses. That may be the bestway to set it up," Mr. Norton explained.
When the Lakeshore campus is complet-ed, Humber will phase out Queensland and .
the two former Queensway campuses.These campuses are leased by the college.
"Humber Lakeshore will be the secondmajor campus of Humber College," Mr.Norton said. "The intent was to build twosignificant campuses for Humber." Lake-shore will also take some pressure off all of
the other campuses which are pressed for
space.
Humber Lakeshore will be almost aslarge as the north campus, "but it won'tgrow as fast because of tight moneyconditions," Mr. Norton said.
The Lakeshore campus will approachcourses in a much different manner thandoes Humber's north campus. There will befewer structured classrooms because of the
way programs are set up. Students will beself-paced, and this will obviate most set
periods for classes.
In keeping with the present practice at
the southern campuses, no smoking, eating
or drinking will be permitted in the
classrooms. This will save money on
cleaning.
"Every dollar I have spent on cleaning is
a dollar less I have for education," Mr.
Norton said.
Humber Lakeshore will be much less
dependent on the north campus for
entertainment and recreation now that it
has this new campus.
"With the auditorium and the gym wehave a chance of staging events of our own,"
Mr. Norton said. "We haven't received
much recognition in the past, but all that is
going to change. Nineteen seventy-five is
the year of Humber Lakeshore!"
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Music9 9 )licants
Think
Metric
By Avrom Pozen
The measurements of Miss Canada are:
91-61-91.
Blame it all on the new metric systenr^
before your eyes begin to bulge beyondtheir- physical capacity.
The same girl, in the good old days, twoweeks ago, measured 36-24-36.
It's all part of the push to "metricfy" the
nation by 1980. Yes, everything's going
metric.
Weather offices across Canada havesecured their Celsius thermometers. Windspeeds will be translated into kilometres byApril 1, next year.
Converting land miles to kilometres is a
somewhat easier task than struggling with
Celsius. Take your distance mileage, or car
speed in miles-per-hour, and multiply by
audition. ByGordMiUer
Auditions for next year's music courseare completed with the acceptance of 96persons from some 200 applicants, fromacross Canada.
Don Johnson, coordinator of theprogram said that the music standards ofthe applicants are higher this year and theauditions showed this.
Instruments covered in the auditionswere brass, guitar, keyboard, percussion,vocal, bass and woodwinds.
"Guitar is still the most popularinstrument', said Mr. Johnson.
"Larger numbers of young people areaccepting the college course instead of thetraditional university course because we'renow doing a great training job.
"I'd like to keep the maximum acceptancedown to 72 persons," said Mr. Johnson,"but there are just too many people toplease."
1.6. The top speed on Highway 401 woiild
then be 112 kilometres per hour. Theaverage speed limit in the city would be 48
kilometres per hour.
Other measures to arrive in the next six
months are the centimetre (for measuring
rainfall), and the metre (for height).
Cigarettes have always been measured in
millimetres (like Benson and Hedges), and
pretty soon a six-foot six-inch person will
becom'e 1.9 metres. Basketball courts will
probably be spared the expense of
converting but hockey rinks could use the
extra room behind the net.
And what about stationery? Multiply
your inch-lengths by 2.54 to receive your
centimetre-size paper.
The CNTower will be 500 metres high,
and most commercial airlines will fly at an
altitude of 6.5 kilometres.
Bus cancelled,
lack of studentsby Bonnie Guenther
Humber College transportation officials
claim the elimination of the 8:.15 a.m. busfrom the Islington subway is not a reasonfor students to be late for classes.
According to Don McLean, manager of
transportation, the new scheduled pick-uptimes from the Islington subway are 7:55
a.m., 8:05 a.m., 8:35 a.m., and 8:45 a.m.Before changing a schedule, JJr. McLean
checks the daily reports from the busdrivers for passenger load. These reportsare then forwarded , to Laurie Sleith,
Student Affairs Coordinator. Mr. Sleith
found that "Over a three week period, therewere only two days that the buses wererunning full capacity."
Speak Out
A comparison of passenger loads before
the removal of the 8:15 bus and after
showed that there has been no gjeat effect
on either the earlier buses or the later ones.
Mr. Sleith added that the 8:05 bus might
be moved up five minutes if a problem
develops. The main causes of the schedule
changes are a shortage of staff and budget
cuts.
One other change, the 5:20 Eglinton-
Oakwood route has been cancelled past
Osier Campus."We are always open to suggestions from
students for improvement to our service"
Mr. McLean concluded.
Library Computerizedby Lou Volpintesta
Students facing today's information
explosion need no longer dig through piles
of old periodicals and reference books in
order to complete assignments.
The North York Public Library recently
signed an $18,000 contract with the NewYork Times Data Bank which is a
computerized information retrieval system.
The information bank is a computerized
system for the storage of information
published in the New York Times and 70
other publications from the Englishspeaking world.
"Many such scientific services have beendeveloped in engineering and scientific
areas," said North York's chief librarian
John Dutton, "But this is one of the moregeneral information services available andhas exciting implications for public
libraries."
The information bank is "on-line,"
meaning that the user submits requests for
information directly to the computer and
receives an immediate answer. Instead of
digging through old newspapers and
magazines, vertical files, microfilm, govern
ment documents and reference books, the
librarian simply types in the subject
required and within seconds, the informa-
tion appears on the video screen.
In addition to the video screen,
information is delivered on reque^ in hard
copy form by a high-speed printer
connected to the video terminal. Operat-
ing at speeds up to 165 characters per
second, it enables the user to collect lengthy
data within minutes.
If the data bank is the required source for
information the service will be provided at
no charge up to a maximum of five article
summaries per person; additional informa-
tion will cost the user $1.50 per minute.
The bank is located in the Willowdale
area branch of the North York Library at
5126 Yonge Street.
nenceBy Charlene Gaudet
'7S
Business-minded students willing to workfor themselves this summer can apply forassistance from the Ontario Government'sExperience '75 summer employmentprogram.
Community college and universitystudents can receive up to $1,000 to set uptheir own small business for the summermonths. The loans are interest free for theduration of the' project and after loan andexpenses are paid, all money made by thestudents remains their own.
The aim of the program is to givestudents the opportunity to gain business
experience and to earn money at the sametime. They will be required to use a
standard record system and to submit
periodic progress reports in order to ensure
ventures are operated in a business-like
manner.There is no limitation on the type of
projects but preference will be given to
those which do not compete directly with
established businesses in the community.Applications are available at the student
placement office and applicants will be
advised of the panel's decision by the end of
April.
Press dub hast J - students
By Bev Burrow, Chick Parker
and John Leinster
The days when newspapers refused to let
the truth stand in«the way of a sensational
story are over. ^ /
"Journalists today are more sober, more
responsible and probably a little duller,"
said Borden Spears of The Toronto Star
during a discussion with journalism
^students from Humber and Ryerson. Mr.
Spears was one member of a panel of
prominent newsmen from Toronto who
discussed I'eporting and the news mediann a
presentation at Ryerson Polytechnical
Institute, last week.
Joining Mr. Spears on the panel were
Hartley Stewart of The Toronto Sun,
Dennis Harvey of the CBC, Clarke Davey of
The Globe and Mail, and Arthur Cole of
CFRBradio.
The discussion followed a screening ot tne
film His Girl Friday. The movie featured
Cary Grant as a conniving, hard-nosededitor and RosaKnd Russell as the reporter
for whom he goes to ridiculous lengths to
keep on his paper. The movie and the
discussion were sponsored by the Toronto
Press Club.
The panel answered questions concerning
the nature of news reporting and how it has
changed profoundly since the time the film
was made in the 1940's. They agreed that
journalists today seldom resort to the
schemes and trickery that once character-
ized reporters' approaches to newsgathering.
"It was a lot more fun in those days," said
Arthur Cole. Dennis Harvey stated that,
although the methods have changed, much
of the competitive spirit remains today.
"Competition is still the driving force with
any good journalist," he said.
The panel stressed the importance of the
newsman's role in this decade, when people
are devoting less of reading time to
"in-depth" news reports. They all agreed
that today's journalists must be better
informed and more capable than ever to
meet the needs of the readers who now
demand condensed news and more of it.
Because of Gordon Sinclair s absence due
to filming of Front Page Challenge on the
West Coast, students complained that the
program lacked punch. A number of those
present from Humber's first year journal-
ism course said the discussion was, "dull
and uninteresting".
Sfiould students evaluate t/teir courses?Yes, but the student's opinion should haveonly a partial effect on the overall
evaluation.
Scott DoanIst. yr. General Studies
Yes, if the majority of the class feels that
the teacher is not doing his job.
Gloria Nichols
1st. yr. Family and Consumer Studies
Yes, I do. It helps the teacher know where
he stands on his course and helps the,
teacher improve on areas that are weak.
Mary Abrahams^
1st. yr. Travel & Tourism
Damn good idea, in terms of getting to
know where the course is going and whatplans the teacher has for the course.
Paul Eichgian
1st. vr. Cine.
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R)r Pi^sident Peter QueenI ^^^1 I I ^^^l^Vl^vl^^^l I ^ ^^^ Schmidt and Peter Queen are the representative. Mr. Scl
Steve OTmenAs a candidate for president, one of Steve
O'brien's main concerns would be to makesure Hjmber students "get their moneysworth from their student activity fees".
Mr. O'brien, a second year cinematography student, if elected, would stagemore student affairs such as better pubs,double-bill movies, coffeehouses, and cul-
tural events.
He said the Student Union should not bemaking an excessive profit, as they are this
year ($20,000), but should spend their funds
on popular student activities.
"I would be satisfied if we ended up withno profit at all", said Mr. O'brien. "Theextra money could be spent on better
entertainment in the pubs and loweradmission prices".
Mr. O'brien also aims to establish a
better level of communication between the
Union and Humber students.
"We could do this through weeklynewsletters, bulletins and more advertise-
. ments. Half the students around here don't
know what's going on; we would publicize
our events better than last year's Union".
Mr. O'brien would like to see amicrophone set up in the concourse for anystudent or student representative to air
their opinions on the subject of their choice.
He feels that the apathy problem at
Humber could be greatly alleviated bysimply setting up better communicationchannels and making the students moreaware of SU functions.
If he is elected president, Mr. O'brien
said he will continue with many of thepolicies and plans that this year's Union set
in motion.
He plans to follow through with theappeal for student residences and said he is
definitely convinced of the great need for
them here.
"I would like to see student residences
integrated into the Complex Five plans,'
said Mr. O'brien.
On Complex Five itself, he said he wouldsupport the centre financially if it did
include residences and better athletic
facilities for the students.
"We need a gym to accommodatespectators, indoor heating, and a properwashroom area. I am aware of the
difficulties that students encounter nowwith the poor sports facilities and I wouldlike to do something about it," said Mr.O'brien.
The presidential candidate said he wasinterested in obtaining a bigger, and moreacoustically sound auditorium for students.
He would like to stage more concerts in ourpresent auditorium and bring in more guestspeakers.
On questions of SU reform, Mr. O'brien
said he intends to "plug several loopholes"
in the constitution, to insure there are nofurther incidences like the recent chequecontroversy.
About Quo Vadis and Osier, Mr. O'brien
suggested that they form their owngovernment, completely separate fromnumber's.
"If they want consultation and advice,
fine, but they should be independent, as I
can't be expected to know what's going onover there", he said.
Mr. O'brien commented that he had a
strong desire to do a good job, if elected.
Although he has no political experience, hesaid his enthusiasm and "willingness to
work hard" qualified him for the job.
"I take the office seriously", said Mr.O'brien. "Others may have been involved in
SU activities before, but it's not enoughthat they have been in it, it is what they did
when they were there that should count."
Richard ZwirckRichard Zwirek, candidate for president,
failed to attend the Coven pre.ss conferenceand was unavailable for comment. *
For Vice-President
Ted Schmidt and Peter Queen are the
only members of the Student Union in the
four candidate race for the office of
president in the upcoming SU elections onApril 15.
Both candidates do not intend to push for
any radical changes in the current SU policy
regarding complex Five and the SUstand of
no student money until the complex is built.
The residence issue, which at the momenthas only received approval from the Board
of Governors, is one aspect of the SU policy
both candidates agree on.
Mr. Schmidt feels, "now is the idealic
time to pursue the issue" and Mr. Queenfeels the project (complex five) hinges on
the upcoming provincial elections regarding
the province's policy on student residences
for colleges.
The only major changes the candidates
are going to pursue are constitutional with
an examination of the role of the divisional
representative. Mr. Schmidt will attempt
to have class reps working in an advisory
capacity with divisional reps. Mr. Schmidtalso feels the position of tne representative
is "ludicrous" because so many of the reps
are elected by acclamation. If either is
elected, both candidates will present a
clearer definition of the job of the student
r*»p.
Mr. Schmidt, if elected, will push for a
constitutional reform and an improvement
of many services the SU has to offer the
students, e.g. ticket attractions officQ, legal
aid.
Peter. Queen will also revise the
constitution, but will use a moreconservative outlook in SU spending byrunning the union on a non-profit basis. Hewill also try to help the Osier and Quo VadisCampuses more involved in
activities of the student union.
the social
TedSchmkitTed Schmidt, presidential candidate in
Tuesday's Student Union election, doesn't
see students as being apathetic but
involved in other school related activities.
Ted, a second year Community Studies
student, is an Applied Arts Rep, Member of
•the Student Affairs Committee andco-editor of Directions, a SU funded
newspaper.
He admitted student participation is low
but that involvement can be continually
improved. He feels what is necessary is
people participation involving teachers as
well as students.
What students have failed to realize is
that Humber is a community, and what is
necessary is alerting the individual to whatis going on and having them contribute to
its working, said Mr. Schmidt.
He believes there is a high correlation
between what is taught in his course andthe expertise that is needed for a president.
The president's role is as a facilitator,
chairman and a liaison officer: "taking thecredit when things are good and taking thehell when they are bad", he said.
Mr. Schmidt's ideas for improvement, if'
elected, are: to have meetings in a largeplace and advertise to the students thatthey are welcome to attend; have each class
or year appoint a spokesman who could
relate more directly between classmates
and elected representatives; have the newSU Chairman of Academics work directly
on the academic concerns of the student andthereby open up the field of services; makemajor constitutional reforms dealing with
representation and switching of certain
duties.
"They (representatives) can't keepgetting in by acclamation. It destroys the
democratic process," said Mr. Schmidt.
He also feels the treasurer shouldn't have
to look after the books. He'd have one or
two accountancy students do them andreport to the executive.
As far as constitutional changes go, Tedfeels that the constitution should have the
power to impeach a president and beamended so that it has to be followed and beworkable.
He considers the establishment of a good
communication relationship between Covenand the Union very important and the first
step in elimination the difficulties that arose
this year.
Mr. Schmidt stressed that students haveto feed-back on policies being made abovethem and that it didn't matter as much whythey aren't listening as to how they could bemotivated to be interested.
"Student Union can only be as strong as
the people behind it," he said.
Carol RynnCarol Flynn, a second year accounting
student, hopes to become vice-president for
next year's student council.
Mrs. Flynn said the Student Uniondoesn't have a job description for their
representatives but added the constitution
should define their jobs so the workloadwould be evenly distributed between therepresentatives.
"The treasurer has no time to do all hermonthly expenditures. Accounting stu-
dents, hired by SU, should help thetreasurer with her budget. The budgetshould be brought before council," claimedMrs. Flynn.
She said legal aid and the fight for
student residences should be continued.
As a result of the SU referendum held in
February, Mrs. Flynn suggested the SUshouldn't support Complex Five because
the students aren't in favor of the project.
"I don't see any use for the SportsComplex because it won't be used by the
students, but used by the managementtraining centre. I would rather have the
money used for student residences," shesaid.
"The pubs are doing well. I would like
tham to be held five nights a week withextended hours. I would also like to see
them have a permanent licence," addedMrs. Flynn.
"Clubs should be encouraged because
^ey give the students a chance to meetpeople with common interests and help
more students get involved with the
school," she said.
Mrs. Flynn emphasized Osier Campusand Quo Vadis Campus should not vote in
North Campus elections because they have
their own representatives. The students
really have little to do with North Campuspolitics.
She said the present signing powers of
SU, which allows only the president,
vice-president and treasurer to signcheques, is satisfactory and she anticipates
few changes.
Mrs. Flynn has previous experienceworking with SU. She helped Sharon Way,business representative, with her campaignin the last SU election. She was also
involved with the school," she said.
Mrs. Flynn emphasized Osier Campusand Quo Vadis Campus should not vote in
North Campus elections because they havetheir own ' representatives. The students
really have little to do with North Campuspolitics.
She said the present signing powers of
SU, which allows only the president,
vice-president and treasurer to signcheques, is satisfactory and she anticipates
few changes.
Mrs. Flynn has previous experienceworking with SU. She helped Sharon Way,business representative, with her campaignin the last SU election. She was also
involved with the Winter CarnivalCommittee and the Publication and PublicRelations Committee.
Mrs. Flynn also worked with VestaElliott on SU finances and attended various
SU meetings. She also worked as a
bookkeeper for five years before coming to
Humber College as a mature student in
1973.
Her main objectives, if elected, would beto see student residences and there-defining of the constitution.
Marton SUvm-"The S.U. should be more responsive to
the students day-to-day needs."
To Marlon Silver, a second yearelectronics technology student, this is his
first priority if he is successful in his bid towin the office of vice-president of theStudent Union.
Mr. Silver feels the constitution should bereorganized which would include anamendment to create a chairman ofacademic affairs, to oversee the problemsstudents may have on an academic level.
Mr. Silver expressed concern aboutunqualified students running for office of
S.U. president. To eliminate this, Mr. Silver
would like to see an amendment to theconstitution that would allow only thosewith at least one year's experience on theS.U. the right to run for president orvice-president.
"The two highest posts in the S.U. aredemanding jobs and I feel that onlyqualified people should sit in thesepositions".
Mr. Silver's opinion concerning this
matter is not a hollow one. He has two full
years on the S.U. himself. His first year heserved as the S.U. chairman of theTechnology Division and his second yearwas spent as the representative for
Technology as well as Chairman of theCpurse Evaluation Committee.
Housing is another major issue accordingto Mr. Silver.
"Student housing should take priorityover Complex Five. The complex will be atotal waste until a housing residence is
built. The permanent on-campus populationwill boost many sports activities whichwould otherwise remain somewhat dormantas they are now. Right now students are
more concerned about getting home than in
taking part in sports".
"As far as financing the complex is
concerned, I feel that the administrationshould not come to the students for fundsbecause I believe that Complex Five fails toserve the necessities of full-time studentsand it will only add problems as far as thecollege budget goes".
Mr. Silver feels there is a need for astudent union complex separate from theschool. He would like to see a fundestablished for the building of such acomplex.
The nursing schools are another matterfor concern according to Mr. Silver.
"Quo Vadis has its own unique problemsand I would like to see all their funds godirectly to them at the beginning of the
year".
Mr. Silver would like to see the schedules
at Osier rearranged so that they could
share the benefits that students at the
north campus receive.
The maintenance required to
keep the appearance of HumberCollege is "never ending" said Len
Wallace, Manager of Maintenance at
North Campus.The L-Wing of the college has a
new look because of the bulkheads
that have been erected on top of the
lockers to prevent students from
depositing garbage, which poses a
cleaning problem as well as a fire
hazard. The move was made to give
uniformity to the general appear-
ance of the college.
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Vote Tuesday, April 15
PresktentfVSteve Obrien (Creative Arts & Human Studies)
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Peter Queen (Creative Arts & Human Studies)
Ted Schmidt (Applied Arts)
y Richard Zwirek (Creative Arts & Human Studies)
Vice-President fVCarol Lynn Fly nn (Business)
• Marlon Silver (Technology)
' Business Representatives (4)
Molly PelleCChia (Acclamation)
James Ward (Acclamation).
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Creative Arts Q- HumanStudies (4)
Bryan Cumberbatch (Acclamation)
Ron Moore (Acclamation)
Applied Arts (4)
Ed Carter (Acclamation)
Frances Finlay (Acclamation)
Matt SaCCO (Acclamation )
Tecitnoiogy (3J
George Barboutsis (Acclamation)
MarioCerqueira (Acclamation)^ ^^^^^^^^::;;
., Doug Lee (Acclamation) _'
Healtit Science Representatives (4)no candidates
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^\^ Osier Campus - April 11, 12 noon President & Vice-Pres. Candidates
North Campus (Lecture Theatre)^
.. Thurs. April 10, 10:30 All Candidates' -
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Osier Campus - April 11, commencing at conclusion of speeches •
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Voting Will Be For The Offices Of President And Vice President
Only, As All The Representatives Are Acclaimed'
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